Fluid motor packing



May A RAPPL FLUID MOTOR PACKING Filed Jan. 13, 1945 INVENTOR L p p A R N o T N A BY a WW4 aw. ATTORNEYS Patented May 31, 1949 FLUID MOTOR PACKING Anton Rappl, Eggertsville, N. Y., assignor to Trlco Products Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y.

Application January 13, 1945, Serial No. 572,680

4 Claims.

This invention relates to the fluid motor art and particularly to the fluid sealing of the same against leakage about the piston rod, or the like, the same being a continuation-in-part of my copending application Serial No. 454,634, now Patent No. 2,432,799, issued December 16, 1947.

Ordinarily, the piston rod which constitutes a power transmitting member is circular in cross section and is packed in various manners in an effort to effectively seal the motor chamber against air leakage thereat without imposing too great a friction load upon the motor.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a practical and efficient gasket and wall structure for fluid motor chambers by which fluid leakage through a sliding joint, such as where a piston rod extends through the chamber wall, is substantially prevented.

Furthermore, an equally important desideration of thisinvention resides in the improved i construction by which the sealing action and eifectiveness is responsive to and in accordance with the pressure differential then active.

More particularly the invention resides in those features of construction and the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a fluid motor employed, by way of example, for the adjustment of a window of a motor car;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of such motor enlarged to show the improved gasket arrangement of the present invention;

Figs. 3 and 4 are similar sectional views of modified embodiments; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are corresponding elevational views of the gaskets shown in Figs. 3 and 4, respectively, a portion of the retainer being broken away in Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the fluid motor is depicted as having a piston I slidable in a chamber 2 and having its power transmitting member or rod 3 extending through the end wall 4. Without the chamber this member is flexible and supported by four pulleys 5, the latter disposing two'active flight portions 6 and I substantially parallel for supporting the automobile window panel 8 through brackets 9. The pressure supply line III, which may lead to the intake manifold of the vehicle engine, is connected to the motor chambers through a control valve unit II and branch conduits l2 and I3 so that by suitably manipulating the valve l l the piston will move to the right or to the left, as viewed in Fig.

with both ends of the chamber concurrently so.

that the piston will besuction balanced. Opening one end or the other ,to the atmosphere and closing off the suction thereto will unbalance and operate thepiston.

The piston rod or power transmitting member 3 may be an endless flexible unit and is shown in shape as a flat tape or band. The opening M in the end wall through which the band emerges may therefore be in the form'of a slot. For sealing this slot there is provided a gasket having an elongated body l5 and an encircling base flange IS, the latter seating upon the outer surface of the end wall 4 about the slot. The gasket is formed with a slit l1 extending throughout the length of the body and snugly receiving the band 3 in a slidable and substantially fluidtight fit. Preferably, the gasket material is rubbery and possesses a degree of elasticity, the base flange being readily yieldable toa fluid pressure difierential for an effective sealing engagement with the end wall. An upstanding ridge l8 l8) surrounds the base flange and serves to center the gasket with respect to the slot M.

The bottom face of the gasket, or that face which seats upon the end wall, may be slightly dished as depicted at l 9 in Figs. 3 and 4 and consequently with suction in the near end of the motor chamber theresultant pressure differential of the exterior atmosphere will urge the base flange l6 (l8) tightly upon the end wall 4 to augment the sealing capacity of the gasket. The

dished base portion of the gasket will be drawn down more firmly upon the chamber wall which action will tend to cant the adjacent portions of the body i5 against the flat upper and lower faces of the band, and in this connection it will be observed that the major perimetric portion of the flat band is contained within these two faces and since they are flat the problem of effectively sealing the joint is greatly facilitated. The fact is appreciated more when the thinness of the band is considered. 3

The body portion I5 is designed to hug tightly the band and for this purpose a conical sheath 2!! may envelope the bodyportion, or a coil spring 2| may embrace the body portion l5 under tension, as shown in Fig. 4. If desired, the body portion l5" may be made more responsive to the fluid pressure differential by reducing its wall thickness, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, provision being made to reinforce the body against longitudinal collapse, as by means of the ribs 22.

' taile ing bracket 24 by a screw 28 with the flange 2.

or stop part 26 extending through an opening 29 in the bracket.

The stop parts of the re-' tainers merely overhang thQQgaSkQtS/stG; confine}.

them against outward displacement from theend walls.

The gasket has a long andlarge surface contact with the band as it slides back and forth;

and with the relatively large base flange acts to practically seal .theswall o eninaasainstair leak-:- ag and? while! the; foregoing 7 description :is de ,,for., =c1arity it; "is. ,not,,=intended,-thereby; to limit ,the scope. otth. inyention beyond the terms of. ,th appended claims since, the inventive principlesinvolvedtmay ,be utilized in other physical embodiments without de'partingtfrom the spirit of. thejnvention What is claimed is;

1. A., flui-dm ot on" avinghiambenan end wall of which, is mm JWith any-Opening; a: "power transmitting member slidablyextending through the wall.,openi;ng,, and, sealing gaskethaving an, elongated. .body, lying an, sealing contact with. the memberv ,and, a relatively, pliable pressure responsive basetflanger,spreading out over the end wall with its wall opposingpndenfalce being dished and. itsperiPheraI edeee QmaHyeat ngl the end; wall,. such; baseflange.;yie1ding into reatersurface;concactwltbithe end wall when its ,un-derfaceia aeted uppnqby thepressure. differential between the,i r' isi d\ e g,and outside pressures.

2. A.1'1uid motQli'havinglau chamber with an end wall, formed with an opening a power transmittin member slidably extendingthrough the wallopen n and...a sea n ,eas et av naan elongatedbody, lying, throughout its length in. sealing contact 'withthe member and, a relativey pl able .base, flange-spreadingput over the. end.

wall in sealing; contact. Jtherewitht and bein nor: mally di hedithenefrom;,wherebythe plY S-51 I w fer ntial,,betw en LthemWSiQQ. a m sph r pr s.-

ure andmnepchamber, res ure lllcau e e 4 less in accordance with the pressure differential acting thereon.

3. A fluid motor having a chamber with an end wall formed with an opening, a power transmitting member slidably extending through the wall opening, a sealing gasket having an elongated body with an opening therethrough for snugly receiving the member and a relatively pliable base flange at one endspreadinggout over the end wall, but dished away therefrom, whereby the pressure differential between the outside atmospheric pressure and the chamber pressure will cause, the gasket to flatten against the end wall more or less in accordance with the pressure differential acting: thereon, and retainer means freely overhanging the gasket to limit displacementrofthe latter when not being urged toward the end wall by the pressure. I 4: A, fluid motor having a chamber with an end wall formed with an opening, a 'power transmitting member slidably extending a throughmthe wall opening,- and; a, -,-sealir 1,gz-- gasket: havingran elongated body," with, an 1: opening thzerethrough for snugly receiving-the member andaay-relatives ly pliable base: flange, at one: end: spreading; out 05731517116 end wall bllb'dlShSdjdWdY, therefrom whereby t e p ssuredimerential: betweentneputside atmospheric pressure: and the chamberpress sureywill cause, theogasket to-fiatten against-Jthe end wall more or,v less in; accordance withwthe pressure differential acting; -thereon; I

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BEST AVAXLABLE COP n Certificate of Correction .lPatent No. 2,471,897. May 31, 1949. ANTON RAPPL It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above (aumbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column line 18, claim 3, after the word pressure and before the period ingert but permttttng such pressure responsive movement of the flange toward the end wall;

nd th at the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that 4; e same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

g sighed and sealed this 8th day of November, A. D. 1949.

l THOMAS F. MURPHY, 5 Assistant Commissioner of Patents. 

